all very well

Idioms  

1. All right or quite true as far as it goes. For example, It's all very well for Jane to drop out, but how will we find enough women to make up a team? This idiom, first recorded in 1853, generally precedes a question beginning with “but,” as in the example. Also see well and good.

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all very well

There’s a spacecraft and a robot and pirate references, all catnip for sci-fi and dystopia lovers and all very well done.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026

Demos were all very well, but Dean knew they could be faked.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026

It's all very well for the Treasury to take measures to soothe the bond markets, where government debt is traded.

From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2025

This, after all, very well may be the most stacked Huskies draft class yet.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 15, 2024

But the King, Conor MacNessa, said, That’s all very well for you, Cu, but the men of Ireland don’t want to be lonely in the far reaches of the night.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt